Setting for precious stones.



APPLICATION FILED FEB. I 1915.

Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

JOSEPH G. WHITEHOUSE, OF COVINGTON, KENTUCKY.

SETTING FOB PRECIOUS STONES.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

Application filed February 1, 1915. Serial No. 5,482.

' To all whom it mag concern:

- Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Be it known that I, JOSEPH C. WH1rs- Honsn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Covington, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky, certain new and useful Improvements in Settings for Precious Stones, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in a novel setting for precious stones, whereby a cluster-plate, having a number of small precious stones, such as diamonds, or other precious stones, set as a group or cluster therein, may be received in the setting and caused to closely resemble a single large stone having a lower inverted pyramid. I

The invention will be further readily understood from the following description and claims, and from the drawing, in which atter Figure l is a side elevation of my improved setting, which may be a part of a scarf-pin, ring, or other piece of jewelry. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a cluster-plate. Fig. 4: is a plan view of the same. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of my improved setting having the cluster-plate, with its precious clamped in, the setting. Fig. 6 is an axial section of the cluster-plate showing the small stones therein, taken on a line corresponding to the line 6-6 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is an axial section of my improved setting taken on the line 6*6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a side elevation showing a modification of my improved setting. Fig. 8 is a plan View of the same; and, Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the same having a cluster-plate, with its precious stones, secured therein.

The setting 11 comprises a series of setting-prongs 12. The setting-prongs diverge from a common axis. There is a space within the series of setting-prongs, and a space between the prongs of each pair of neighboring setting-prongs. Wires are arranged in the space within the series of settingprongs to resemble the lines of the boundaries of the facets of a brilliant below the girdle of a precious stone and are secured in said space so as to have se'lective clusterplates having small stones set therein selectively placed above said wires and clamped between said setting-prongs and said wires for holding the cluster-plate and for producing a resemblance to a single large stone set in said setting.

have invented stones,

It comflat top portion 16 and a The clusterplate is shown at 15. prises a central downwardly slanting portion 17 surrounding said top portion, said top portion being provided with an axial bore 18 in which a small precious stone 19 is set, the slanting portion being provided with bores 20 surrounding said bore 18, in which'bores 20 small precious stories 21 are set, for forming a cluster 14 resembling the crown of a single large stone, the central portion resembling the table and the peripheral edge of the cluster-plate forming the girdle.

The wires of the setting are located in the space within the series of setting prongs and in the exemplification in Figs. 1 to 6, comprise wires 25, which slant downwardly and inwardly from both sides of each of the setting-prongs for tween the prongs of each pair of neighboring setting-prongs, and diverging wires 27 which intersect the angles 26 and may extend above the meeting points between the sides of the angl s to a point in the plane, perpendicular to he axis of the setting, in which the upper ends of the wires 25 are located. The upper endsof the wires 25, where they meet the setting prongs, are fixed, as by soldering, to said setting prongs, for fixing the wires in the setting, and the wires 25 also act as spacing members for the wires 27. It will be noted that the upper ends of the wires inthe setting closely resemble the under skew facets of a brilliant cutting of a recious stone, and the lower ends of the wires closely resemble the lower facets of the pavilion portion of a brilliant. When therefore. the cluster-plate, having the small precious stones set therein, resembling the crown portion of a single large stone, is placed in the setting 11, above the wires therein, and the claws 28 of the settingprongs are bent over the cluster-plate the efi'ect is a close resemblance to a single iargc precious stone in the setting, which is enhanced further by forming the wires out of a substance, for instance platinum, of a dif: ferent color than the color of the substance, for instance gold, out of which the setting 11 is formed.

I have in Figs. 7 to 9 inclusive shown a modification of my improved setting, in which wires 25 slant downwardly and inwardly from both sides of each of the se ting-prongs into the space between the series of setting-prongs, wherein they form angles forming angles 26 be- .76

26' between the prongs of each pair of neighboring setting-prongs. The upper ends of these wires, where they meet the settingprongs, are fixed, as by soldering, to said setting-prongs, for fixing the Wires in the setting. The inner ends of these angles are preferably spaced from each other at the axis of the setting. The efl'ect is to produce resemblance to the under facets of a single large stone.

Selective ones of the cluster-plates having small stones set therein to resemble the crown portion of a single large stone, are arranged to be received in the setting 11 above the wires, whereby close resemblance to a single large precious stone of brilliant cutting is produced. The peripheral edge of the cluster-plate may rest upon the upper edges of the wires for fixing the relation located in said central space surrounded by said series of setting-prongs, the wires of said framework slanting downwardly and laterally from both sides of each of said setting-prongs and toward the axis of the setting and meeting and forming an angle between the prongs of each pair of neighborin setting-prongs to resemble the boun ary lines of the under facets of a sin gle cut stone.

2. In a setting of the character described, the combination of a series of diverging setting-prongs having a central space within said series, a framework of wires located in said central space, the wires of said framework conforming in location with the boundary lines of the facets of the pavilion portion of a brilliant, said framework of wires fixed to said setting-prongs, and a cluster setting of small stones releasably received over said wires and clamped in said setting by said setting-prongs:

3. In a setting of the character described, the combination of a series of diverging setting-prongs havinga central space within said series, the prongs of said series havin open spaces between them, and a frameworg of wires located in said central space and comprising diverging wires registering with said open spaces and a wire extending slantingly downward and inward from each side of each of said setting-prongs, said lastnamed wires fixed to the settingglprongs from which theyrespectively exten said lastnamed wires forming angles between neighboring setting-prongs, and said first-named wires intersecting said last-named wires at the apices of said angles where said secondnamed wires are fixed to said first-named wires, forming lateral supporting means for said first-named wires.

4. In a setting of the character described, the combination of a series of diverging setting-prongs having a central space within said series, a framework of wires located in said central space including wires slanting downwardly and inwardly to resemble the boundary lines of the lower facets of a single cut precious stone, said framework of wires secured to said setting-prongs, and a cluster-setting of smaller stones releasably received over said framework of wires and clamped in said setting by said settingprongs.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH C. WHITEHOUSE.

\Vitnesses:

Cannes E. WEBER, THERESA M. SILBER.

26 between the prongs of each pair of neighboring setting-prongs. The upper ends of these wires, where they meet the setting prongs, are fixed, as by soldering, to said setting-prongs, for fixing the wires in the setting. The inner ends of these angles are preferably spaced from each other at the axis of the setting. The effect is to produce resemblance to the under facets of a single large stone.

Selective ones of the cluster-plates having small stones set therein to resemble the crown portion of a single large stone, are arranged to be received in the setting 11 above the wires, whereby close resemblance to a single large precious stone of brilliant cutting is produced. The peripheral edge of the cluster-plate may rest upon the upper edges of the wires for fixing the relation between the cluster-plate and the settingprongs for ease and accuracy of setting the cluster-plate in the setting.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A setting of the character described, comprising a series of diverging settingprong having a central space within said series, the neighboring prongs of said series having open spaces between them contracting downwardly, and a framework of wires located in said central space surrounded by said series of setting-prongs, the wires of said framework slanting downwardly and laterally from both sides of each of said setting-prongs and toward the axis of the setting and meeting and forming an angle between the prongs of each pair of neighborin setting-prongs to resemble the boun ary lines of the under facets of a single cut stone.

2. In a setting of the character described, the combination of a series of diverging setting-prongs having a central space within said series, a framework of wires located in said central space. the wires of said [SEAL] Correctlon in Letters Patent No. 1;204,9l6

framework conforming in location with the boundary lines of the facets of the pavilion portion of a brilliant, said framework of wires fixed to said setting-prongs, and a cluster setting of small stones releasably received over said wires and clamped in said setting by said setting-prongs:

3. In a setting of the character described, the combination of a series of diverging setting-prongs havinga central space within said series, the prongs ofsaid series having open spaces between them, and a framework of wires located in said central space and comprising diverging wires registering with said open spaces and a wire extending slantingly downward and inward from each side of each of said setting-prongs, said lastnamed wires fixed to the settingziprongs from which they-respectively exten said lastnamed wires forming angles between neighboring setting-prongs, and said first-named wires intersecting said last-named Wires at the apices of said angles where said secondnamed wires are fixed to said first-named wires, forming lateral supporting means for said first-named wires.

4. In a setting of the character described, the combination of a series of diverging setting-prongs having a central space within said series, a framework of wires located in said central space including wires slanting downwardly and inwardly to resemble the boundary lines of the lower facets of a single cut precious stone, said framework of wires secured to said settingprongs, and a cluster-setting of smaller stones releasably received over said framework of wires and clamped in said setting by said settingprongs.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH C. WHITEHOUSE.

\Vitnesses:

CHARLES E. WEBER, THERESA M. Smmn.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,204,916, granted November 14,

1916, upon the application of Joseph 'C. Whitchousc, of Covington, Kentucky, for an improvement in Settings for Precious Stones, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction asfollows: Page 2, lines 2728, claim 1, for the compound word setting-prong read setting-prongs; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 19th day of December, A. 1)., 1916.

F. WHITEHEAD,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,204,916, granted November 14,

1916, upon the application of Joseph C. Whitehouse, of Covington, Kentucky, for

an improvement in Settings for Precious Stones, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, lines 27-28, claim 1, for the compound word setting-prong" read setting-prongs; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 19th day of December, A. D., 1916.

R. F. WHITEHEAD, Acting Commissioner of Patents.

[SEAL] 

